OPINIONS STUDENT MEDICAL SCHOOL KARLOVAC ABOUT PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS

Cilj istraţivanja: Ciljevi ovoga istraţivanja bili su ispitati mišljenja o osobama s duševnim smetnjama kod učenika Medicinske škole Karlovac smjera medicinska sestra opće njege / medicinski tehničar opće njege te smjera fizioterapeutski tehničar, te utvrditi postoje li razlike s obzirom na smjer obrazovanja učenika, spol, mjesto stanovanja i obiteljsku anamnezu. Ispitanici i metode: Provedena je presječna studija na 73 ispitanika. Ispitanici su bili punoljetni učenici četvrtog razreda smjera fizioterapeutski tehničar i učenici petih razreda smjera medicinska sestra opće njege/medicinski tehničar opće njege Medicinske škole Karlovac. Prilikom istraţivanja koristio se anketni listić koji sadrţi dvije vrste pitanja. U prvom djelu upitnika dobiveni su sociodemografski podaci, a drugi dio upitnika sadrţi OMSHC skalu (eng. The opening minds scale for Health Care Providers) za ispitivanje mišljenja o osobama s duševnim smetnjama. Rezultati: Ne postoje razlike u mišljenjima o osobama s duševnim poremećajima s obzirom na smjer obrazovanja, mjesto stanovanja i obiteljsku anamnezu. Statistički značajna razlika u mišljenjima o osobama s duševnim poremećajima postoji samo s obzirom na spol učenika. Zaključak: Dobiveni rezultati ukazuju da učenici imaju pozitivna mišljenja o osobama s duševnim smetnjama.Research objective: The objectives of this study were to examine the opinions of people with mental disorders in students of the Medical School Karlovac majoring in general care nurse / general care technician and physiotherapeutic technician, and to determine whether there are differences in the direction of education, gender, place of residence and family anamnesis. Research subjects and methods: An average study was conducted on 73 subjects. The respondents were adult students of the fourth grade in the field of physiotherapeutic technician and students of the fifth grade in the field of general care nurse / general care technician of the Medical School Karlovac. A questionnaire containing two types of questions was used in the research. The first part of the questionnaire provided sociodemographic data, and the second part of the questionnaire contains the OMS-HC scale (The opening minds scale for Health Care Providers) for examining opinions about people with mental disorders. Results: There are no differences of opinion about people with mental disorders with regard to the direction of education, place of residence and family history. A statistically significant difference in opinions about people with mental disorders exists only with respect to the gender of the students. Conclusion: The obtained results indicate that students have positive opinions about people with mental disorders